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Seminar Agenda
Seminar Agenda
Surviving a RAC Attack: Strategies to Reduce Financial Risk
Day 1
Module 1: RACs and Threats to Your Agency
• The CMS rationale for the RAC program and how it came to be
• The RAC objectives—who they are, how they will operate
• How to respond to a RAC request for information
• Major concerns facing homecare agencies
• Coverage, utilization, and practice issues at risk
Module 2: Preparing for RAC Scrutiny
• How the lessons we learned in ORT can help you prepare for the RAC program
• Red Flags: What factors will be used to expose target agencies
• Red Flags: Ways to identify your agency’s risks
• Preemptive strikes such as clinical record audits, staff education, and
documentation techniques
• Home health aide and medical social services involvement with the RAC
program
Module 3: The RAC Audit: Defensive Strategies Part I
• A primer on fraud and the role of RACs in the CMS effort to control this abuse
Day 2
Module 3: The RAC Audit: Defensive Strategies Part II
• Why “reasonable and necessary care” will be a central focus
• Strategies for nurses and therapists to strengthen reasonable and necessary care
• “Suspicious” practices involving ranges, physician authorization, occupational
therapy services, and more
Module 4: After a RAC Audit: Your Rights and Appeals
• The penalties and punishments that RACs and fraud investigators can impose on
agencies
• An agency’s rights
• The steps in the appeals process—how it works, tips to consider, and the results
• A Blueprint for Action: Dealing with RACs in the future
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